The political left, like the right, has its science deniers

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Mar 11, 2013 at 11:05 AM

This blog has a long record of finding fault with the anti-science folks on the Republican right, but perhaps we’ve been a bit hypocritical on this score.

After all, it isn’t really fair to scold the right-wing deniers of evolution and climate change while ignoring the lefties who peddle nonsense about so-called Frankenfoods, birth defects caused by nuclear-power plants and a link between vaccinations and autism.

Glenn Garvin disputes some of these left-wing theories HERE:

What role does science play in the left-wing opposition to golden rice and other genetically modified crops? None. Study after study has shown no ...

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Pat Cunningham

This blog has a long record of finding fault with the anti-science folks on the Republican right, but perhaps we’ve been a bit hypocritical on this score.

After all, it isn’t really fair to scold the right-wing deniers of evolution and climate change while ignoring the lefties who peddle nonsense about so-called Frankenfoods, birth defects caused by nuclear-power plants and a link between vaccinations and autism.

Glenn Garvin disputes some of these left-wing theories HERE:

What role does science play in the left-wing opposition to golden rice and other genetically modified crops? None. Study after study has shown no ...